Are you looking for an easy diet to follow? Well, I've got news for you: There is no such thing as an "easy" weight loss plan. Well, easy is a relative term. Easier than what?
Dieting is definitely not easier than eating whatever you want (unless what you want is perfectly in line with only what is good for you). All diet plans require some level of effort, or modification of your existing eating habits. Let's face it. After all, it is your present eating habits that got you to become overweight in the first place.
Many popular diets require you to sacrifice something in order to achieve weight loss. There are low-calorie diets. There are low-carbohydrate diets. There are low-fat diets. There are low-sodium and low-cholesterol diets. Each one of these types of diets is based on the theory that excessive weight gain is the result of one identifiable culprit - the calorie, or the carbohydrate, or fat, or sodium, or cholesterol, and that by reducing that one element from your diet, you will achieve rapid and sustainable weight loss. Rapid yes, but sustainable? That is another story.
For many people, these diets become relegated to "fad diet" status. Like any fad, these weight loss plans have all been hailed at one time or another as the key that unlocks the mystery of weight gain and provides the end-all be-all solution to weight loss. This is because we are creatures of habit. Sacrificing the foods that we crave makes dieting very difficult and, more often than not, it causes many would-be dieters to give in to their cravings, to cheat on their diet, or to just throw in the towel because it is just too difficult to sustain this diet beyond a few weeks.
One such alternative to these "fad diets" is what is known as a calorie-shifting diet. This type of diet represents an extremely radical departure from the aforementioned diets above in that you are not sacrificing any type of food, nor are you sacrificing on the quantity of food.
This "no-sacrifice" diet works on the principle of "calorie-shifting". Calorie shifting is based on the premise that by shifting the types of calories you eat at different times of day, you can trigger a metabolic response in your body that will result in rapid weight loss.
This easy weight loss plan allows you to eat comfortably from each of the food groups for four meals a day. The difference is that you may only eat certain types of foods at certain times of the day. Your menu also varies on a daily basis. You will not feel deprived of any foods. You feel satisfied as you eat because there is no restriction on the quantity of the food that you eat. Plus you are eating a healthy balance of every food group.
What defines an "easy diet to follow"? Obviously it does not mean easy to follow instructions. If that were the case, the low-carb diet would be classified as "easy". But if you ask any carb lover if a low-carb diet is easy, he or she would tell you otherwise! What defines an "easy diet to follow" is the ease with which you, as the dieter, are capable of carrying yourself throughout the day without feeling cravings due to dissatisfaction or lingering hunger. When you are able to eat fatty foods, foods with carbohydrates, and not worry about reducing quantity, then you would be able to sustain the motivation to maintain the diet.
